Job 28:17

Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

In Context

16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

18High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Revelation 4:6And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.

Revelation 22:1And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Matthew Henry on Job 28:13-20

The Excellency of Wisdom. ( b. c. 1520.) 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia… Read the whole commentary →

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